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RE: There is no such thing as hate crime
Of course hate crime doesn't exist, but in a society where groups of people are hated for extremely stupid reasons, and are thus violently attacked, or just harassed for no reason other than being part of a group, it makes sense to pre-emptively guard against this.
I think we agree. My view of Preemptive action is simply be armed and take care of yourself. Also, I am arguing that crime is crime. If you are attacked the motive does not matter. If you are hit by a racist, it doesn't matter if he was racist, only that he hit you. Just enforce the laws or fight back violently individually.
Yeah, I agree.
But still, often time hate crime might be an apartment neighbor harassing their Muslim or gay neighbor or whatever, in non-violent, even "technically allowed" ways, but in ways that due to the way society is set up, still majorly inconveniences the person being harassed.
It gets worse when it might be tough for this person to find allies.